Attendance: In debt: Дмитрий Люкманов, Александра Бедненко, Огородовы Демьян и Юлия, Дмитрий Ефимов (survey samples) IN CLASS: A) VOCABULARY MONEY ( See home assignment)
B) LIFE SKILLS Checking up your survey monkey experience. Be ready to describe the options this tool offers a clever user. When and where might you use this tool in the future?
B) CREATING AN INTELLECTUAL QUIZ ONLINE - general principles and useful tips.
What are the most important aspects of a quiz that engages and entertains an audience? Here are some important things to remember if you want to to write really great questions and realistic response options:
Your quiz should help the taker to broaden their horizons.
Research your subject carefully! In general, the more information you know about your subject, the better.
Your phrasing should be as clear as daylight. Avoid ambiguity! Don't mislead your audience by unintelligible tasks. Make sure your questions are clear, relevant, and easy to understand.
Determine the format of the questions themselves -- will they be true/false, multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, or a combination?
The quizmaster must be smart enough to think of a thought-provoking task which can be solved through mental research and not the web-search.
Yet an online quiz would be useless if a taker could easily google the answers using the key words.
Avoid trick responses (this includes multiple correct responses, ambiguous answers, and overly abstract responses).
Double-check all questions and response options for grammar, punctuation, spelling, formatting and contradictions.
People want results and they want them now, not ten minutes from now after answering your fifty question quiz. The sweet spot for most quizzes is 15-20 questions. You want your quiz to be lengthy enough to meet your goal, but not so long that readers lose interest.
Write the Key or Explanation. The key is the most important part because this is where you actually convey information. If the quiz is designed to educate readers about a particular topic, your key should give not only the right answer but explain why it's correct.
To test your quiz before turning it in, ask a friend or family member to give it a test run. Is it fun to take? Do the questions make sense? Is it challenging but not overly difficult? Did he or she learn something by taking it? If the answer to these questions is yes, you're ready to submit your quiz -- and get to work on your next quiz-worthy topic.
A) Knowledge-testing tasks: Food Idioms: Sorry, but Russian food, so rich and fattening, is not my _drop of milkcup of tealoaf of breadglass of beer Food Idioms: Take everything you read on the Internet with a _ cup of tea slice of lemon lump of sugar pinch of salt
Famous food quotes: When the wife of King Louis XVI Marie Antoinette was told that the people of France were suffering due to widespread bread shortages, the Queen is said to have replied:“Let them go on a diet!”
“Let them catch frogs and eat them!”
“Let them eat cake!”
B) Research-based tasks:
Did you know? A famous French chef once gave his own name to this “culinary masterpiece” which still bears the same name in the country where he then was a guest restaurateur. It appeared as a treat for wealthy gourmets but with time it has become immensely popular with ordinary people. These days the ingredients are very cheap and easy to obtain in any local food store. Curiously, this dish being very popular in many other countries goes there under an altogether different "title" linked to the name of the country where it was first cooked. What is this dish called, say in Great Britain? (The answer should contain TWO words!) _
They are believed to originate from Australia. In the 1970s, they were regarded as distasteful. These days, they can be seen at TV-shows and at fashionable parties. They are loved by both men and women. Surfers are especially attracted to them. Though they are very popular, their name is derived from the word ‘ugly’. What are they?
This magnificent old veteran of America’s struggle for freedom is said to have announced the proclamation of the Declaration of Independence. His voice failed him many times, but American patriots refused to heal him. They said that his “wounds” would serve to remind Americans that their ancestors had won liberty for their country and its people with strain and stress. _
“A Stocking Made of Leather”, “The Eye of a Predatory Bird”, “The Animal Killer” - these look like translations by someone who is unacquainted with American literature and has used an electronic interpreter. What is the name of the author who introduced the fictional character known by the nicknames corrupted by the poor translation.
Since early childhood the Queen, unlike other members of the Royal family, has never changed her haircut. Why?
HOME ASSIGNMENT: 1) Collect the trivia for your FINAL QUIZ - Remember, the deadline is the 15th of December! 2) Listen to the dialogue and make notes that will help you to answer your teacher's questions in class.
3) Read the article and be ready to discuss it in class. Write down at least 12 key vocabulary items.
Attendance:
In debt: Дмитрий Люкманов, Александра Бедненко, Огородовы Демьян и Юлия, Дмитрий Ефимов (survey samples)
IN CLASS:
A) VOCABULARY MONEY ( See home assignment)
B) LIFE SKILLS Checking up your survey monkey experience. Be ready to describe the options this tool offers a clever user. When and where might you use this tool in the future?
B) CREATING AN INTELLECTUAL QUIZ ONLINE - general principles and useful tips.
What are the most important aspects of a quiz that engages and entertains an audience? Here are some important things to remember if you want to to write really great questions and realistic response options:
SAMPLE TASKS:
Great quiz by Ann Perepelitsyna:
https://ru.surveymonkey.com/s/MBR96NV
If you are a fan of "Gone with the wind" click here (a quiz by Olesya Goldina)
https://ru.surveymonkey.com/s/MPVMLSF
A) Knowledge-testing tasks:
Food Idioms: Sorry, but Russian food, so rich and fattening, is not my _drop of milkcup of tealoaf of breadglass of beer
Food Idioms: Take everything you read on the Internet with a _
cup of tea
slice of lemon
lump of sugar
pinch of salt
Famous food quotes: When the wife of King Louis XVI Marie Antoinette was told that the people of France were suffering due to widespread bread shortages, the Queen is said to have replied:“Let them go on a diet!”
“Let them catch frogs and eat them!”
“Let them eat cake!”
B) Research-based tasks:
Did you know? A famous French chef once gave his own name to this “culinary masterpiece” which still bears the same name in the country where he then was a guest restaurateur. It appeared as a treat for wealthy gourmets but with time it has become immensely popular with ordinary people. These days the ingredients are very cheap and easy to obtain in any local food store. Curiously, this dish being very popular in many other countries goes there under an altogether different "title" linked to the name of the country where it was first cooked. What is this dish called, say in Great Britain? (The answer should contain TWO words!) _
They are believed to originate from Australia. In the 1970s, they were regarded as distasteful. These days, they can be seen at TV-shows and at fashionable parties. They are loved by both men and women. Surfers are especially attracted to them. Though they are very popular, their name is derived from the word ‘ugly’. What are they?
This magnificent old veteran of America’s struggle for freedom is said to have announced the proclamation of the Declaration of Independence. His voice failed him many times, but American patriots refused to heal him. They said that his “wounds” would serve to remind Americans that their ancestors had won liberty for their country and its people with strain and stress. _
“A Stocking Made of Leather”, “The Eye of a Predatory Bird”, “The Animal Killer” - these look like translations by someone who is unacquainted with American literature and has used an electronic interpreter. What is the name of the author who introduced the fictional character known by the nicknames corrupted by the poor translation.
Since early childhood the Queen, unlike other members of the Royal family, has never changed her haircut. Why?
HOME ASSIGNMENT:
1) Collect the trivia for your FINAL QUIZ - Remember, the deadline is the 15th of December!
2) Listen to the dialogue and make notes that will help you to answer your teacher's questions in class.
3) Read the article and be ready to discuss it in class. Write down at least 12 key vocabulary items.